 Last summer, members of the Meat House Free Will Baptist Church in Pike County weren't sure what the future held for their congregation after a devastating fire destroyed their church. Your heart just was laying on the ground with your church. There was no way to describe it. The July 3rd fire reduced the 70-year-old church to ashes, but it didn't take long for the small community to feel the loss. In the other church that we lost, we always had the doors open to the community. It didn't matter whether they were members of this church or not. Of course, it's a house of worship and it's a house that we come to praise God, but I believe if you're going to reach out with the love of God, you reach out to everyone. In September, construction began on the new church and 10 months later the doors have opened. The congregation has dropped throughout the past several months to 30, but Thacker wants to spread the word about his church's reopening. Thacker and the congregation of the new Meat House Free Will Baptist Church have extended an invitation to everyone for an open house this Saturday at 6 p.m. Reporting in Kemper for EKB News, I'm Shannon Deskins.